U2's skyscraper

Cionnfhaolaidh

This won't be finished until 2011! (if at all)

There's already a 130m tower under construction beside the point depot. They're setting the foundations for it as we speak.

http://www.archiseek.com/content/showpost.php?p=64276&postcount=23

AlmightyCushion

Cionnfhaolaidh wrote: »

This won't be finished until 2011! (if at all)

There's already a 130m tower under construction beside the point depot. They're setting the foundations for it as we speak.

http://www.archiseek.com/content/showpost.php?p=64276&postcount=23

That one looks really cool.

Terry

2011 is only 4 years away.

The Denouncer

This is just what we need..think about it..coming out of the 15,000 seater Point Village (which will have a tall tower of its own) and the U2 tower is sitting the other side of the Liffey, Calatravas bridge will be built by then, the Luas to the Point, the convention centre, Lansdowne Road won't be far off..man its gonna be great down there. So to all the moaners and begrudgers et al - try and see the glass half full for once, FFS!

Cionnfhaolaidh

Terry wrote: »

2011 is only 4 years away.

4 Irish years!

Sure, they said the U2 tower would be completed by 2005 when they first announced it in 2001.

indough

MooseJam wrote: »

if thats built it will look ridiculous sticking up there by itself, really really silly

Its obvious height above other buildings is what defines it as a skyscraper

indough

'Crabs in a barrel' springs to mind when reading the majority of posts on here.

So what if Bono is a tosser? The world is mostly made up of tossers anyway...and self righteous tossers are the worst kind

walrusgumble

i swore an article in the times on friday said the tower did not need planning permission. anyway, it looks very cool. that area of dublin, on both sides is going to look great in a few years, not sure about the puroposed statue in the liffey thou, but meh

the papers have been saying that the u2 tower will be open to the public, people will be able to go up to the top and view the whole of the city and bay, which is sound.

like u2 or not, bands like them and thin lizzy have brought millions to dublin, akin to abbey road studios where the beatles recorded. look around dublin and you see records signs on building for the rock and roll tour of the city. look at all the graffiti around windmill lane (old studios) and you see the impact that this band brings to people when they come to ireland.

Archeron

walrusgumble wrote: »

not sure about the puroposed statue in the liffey thou, but meh
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What statue is that? Havent heard anything about that?

ro2

Degsy wrote: »

Much as i hate to admit it,that red-haired bastard david McWilliams was right..a sure sign that an economy is in trouble is when they start to shell out on meaningless skyscrapers..the so-called Viagra Index.

If he lived in the arse of Kildare and had to commute in every day, he'd soon change his tune.

cooperguy

dublindude wrote: »

I think anything someone names after themself, e.g. maths theories with their name in it, University buildings with their name in it, skyscrapers with their name in it... I just think: you ****ing tosser.

Just like when people set up charities and call it after themselves, in my mind they lose all credibility; they are just doing it to be remembered or be seen as "good" people.

Bah!!

Yet id still put money on it that they have done alot more for charity than you have ever done, or ever will do. So what if its named after themselves if it does good.

walrusgumble

Archeron wrote: »

What statue is that? Havent heard anything about that?

sorry, sculture thing (the artists and architects are prob cringing on how i described it), it will be on the south bank i think, the one of a man, more see thru. it is suppose to be created by the chap who made the giant angel in newcastle. there was a thread about this before. meant to be really tall and stand out of the liffey. sorry i have no pic,

walrusgumble

cooperguy wrote: »

Yet id still put money on it that they have done alot more for charity than you have ever done, or ever will do. So what if its named after themselves if it does good.

agree, sometimes naming a charity after your self, if you are famous/credible/well known may attract others who maybe in a similar/or not field in donating to a fund. eg the bobby moore cancer fund, surely many footballers who shared the same attitude as a world cup legend like him be more than happy to donate/associate themselves with such a trust that supports causes as funding cancer treatment (or maybe i am talking nonsense...)

u2 were one of the first bands to put names and addresses of organisations such as green peace and anmesty international on their sleeve notes, long before it was cool and trendy (ahem, mr chris martin). you know and i know that when we watch the news and see for starving kids in war thorn places we wish to switch off, its not sexy. put a rock star like bono in and people (lets remember we are in a culture obsessed with celebs) and people stand up. he was there to raise concerns to politicans when he and the band came together with green peace to raise the awarness of stella field in the irish sea, war thorn places like bosnia and kosovo (what did the european union do about that?)

bar the uncontrollable urge to talk s*it£ alot, his tax avoidance (aren't we a bit hypocritical seeing we have tolerated some members of the rich class and members of dail eireann?) and ego.. look the guy is a rock star, whose job is to talk sh*te and amuse us.(even he has acknowledged this many times) he does have better intentions than most politicans.